Von Hügel Institute
Richard Ayoade is a writer and director.
In addition to directing and co-writing the television show Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, he has adapted and directed Joe Dunthorne's novel Submarine for the screen and is the co-writer (with Avi Korine) and director of the film, The Double.
As an actor, he is best known for his roles as Dean Learner in Darkplace and Maurice Moss in the Emmy Award-winning The IT Crowd, for which we was awarded a BAFTA as Best Performance in a Comedy.
Postal Address:
Von Hügel Institute
for Critical Catholic Inquiry
St Edmund's College
Mount Pleasant
Cambridge CB3 0BN
UK
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Enquires:
Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology
Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University
The European Wasatia Graduate School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Centre for Catholic Studies, Durham University
Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge
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